Dave Kearney

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Dave Kearney

| image = Dave Kearney 2015 RWC.jpg

| caption = Kearney playing for Ireland during the 2015 Rugby World Cup

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|6|19}}

| birth_place = Dundalk, Ireland

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| weight = {{convert|90|kg|st lbs|abbr=on}}

| position = Wing

| amatyears1 =

| amatteam1 = Lansdowne

| ru_amupdate =

| years1 = 2009–23

| years2 = 2023–

| clubs1 = Leinster

| clubs2 = Chicago Hounds

| apps1 = 186

| apps2 = 0

| points1 = 275

| points2 = 0

| ru_clubupdate = 13 May 2023

| repyears1 = 2008–2009

| repyears2 = 2013

| repyears3 = 2011–2012

| repyears4 = 2013–2019

| repteam1 = Ireland U20

| repteam2 = Emerging Ireland

| repteam3 = Ireland Wolfhounds

| repteam4 = Ireland

| repcaps1 = 17

| repcaps2 = 3

| repcaps3 = 2

| repcaps4 = 19

| reppoints1 = 30

| reppoints2 = 5

| reppoints3 = 5

| reppoints4 = 25

| ru_ntupdate = 9 December 2020

| relatives = Rob Kearney (brother)

Joe Biden (fifth cousin)

| school = Clongowes Wood College

| university = University College Dublin

}}

Dave Kearney (born 19 June 1989), is an Irish rugby union player who plays wing and fullback for Lansdowne, Chicago Hounds and Ireland. He attended Clongowes Wood College. Kearney's older brother, Rob, formerly started at fullback for Leinster and the Ireland national rugby union team.

Kearney is a seventh cousin of former U.S. President Joe Biden.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2020/11/08/rob-kearney-day-met-cousin-joe-biden-return-visit-white-house|title=Rob Kearney on the day he met 'cousin' Joe Biden – and his return visit to the White House|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=8 November 2020|last1=Rowan|first1=Kate}}

Career

=Leinster=

Kearney played his first match for Leinster on 16 May 2009 against the Newport Dragons entering the match as a substitute. He scored his first try in a Leinster jersey playing against the Newport Gwent Dragons in December of the 2009–10 season, one of three matches he played that season. In Kearney's third season with Leinster he scored four tries in 13 Celtic League matches during the 2010–11 season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/profiles/index.php?includeref=dynamic&player=72808 |access-date=5 September 2015 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=5 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205045029/http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/profiles/index.php?includeref=dynamic&player=72808 |url-status=dead }} On 12 March 2021 Kearney scored a hat-trick in a win against Zebre in the Pro14, bringing his try tally for Leinster over 50 to 51.{{cite web |title=Kearney hat-trick sets Leinster on their way to 17-point win over Zebre |url=https://www.the42.ie/leinster-zebre-5380128-Mar2021/ |website=the42 |access-date=12 March 2021}} Following a strong season in the Championship, Kearney was named to his first Pro14 Dream Team following the 2020–21 campaign.{{cite web |title=The Media Votes are in - Who made the Guinness PRO14 Dream Team? |url=https://www.pro14.rugby/latest/award/the-media-votes-are-in-who-made-the-guinness-pro14-dream-team |website=Pro14 rugby |access-date=1 April 2021 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421040544/https://www.pro14.rugby/latest/award/the-media-votes-are-in-who-made-the-guinness-pro14-dream-team |url-status=dead }} In May 2023 Kearney announced that he would leave Leinster at the end of the season following 14 years at the province.{{cite web |title=Dave Kearney to depart Leinster at end of season after 14 years with province |url=https://www.the42.ie/dave-kearney-leinster-rugby-6065550-May2023/ |website=the42 |access-date=11 May 2023}}

=Ireland=

Kearney has 17 caps for the Ireland U-20 team, and 2 caps for Ireland Wolfhounds. In his second match for the Wolfhounds he scored a try against England Saxons on 28 January 2012. Kearney has 19 caps for the senior Ireland team, making his debut against Samoa, when he came on as a substitute and scored two tries. He played in every match in the 2014 Six Nations Championship when Ireland won their 12th Championship title, being one of only 3 players to play the full 80 minutes in every game, along with his brother Rob, and Jamie Heaslip.